The government has refuted claims it dupped two innovators from Githunguri, Kiambu county. The state on Monday said one of the entreprenuers who were to manufacture hospital beds had a criminal record. In July 2020, President Uhuru Kenyatta gave a major boost to the two youthful innovators after he instructed the President's Delivery Unit to procure 500 beds from them. The beds that were to be made from locally sourced material from their workshop in Githunguri, Kiambu county, would then be subjected to standardisation tests by the Kenya Bureau of Standards. They were to play a vital aid to public hospitals that are reeling under the pressure of Covid-19 related hospital admissions.

Source: The Star January 25, 2021 20:03 UTC